You Can Contract Show Laura Frederick

In this episode, Laura Frederick chats with Kwame Christian, Founder and CEO at the American Negotiation Institute, Forbes contributor, and the host of Negotiate Anything, the world's #1 negotiation podcast.  

Kwame shares his journey of figuring out negotiations and contracts. He talks about the importance of self-awareness and emotional self-regulation, touches on how humility can help you become a great lawyer, and shares advice on how to become great at negotiations. 

He also talks about his first steps in finding his first clients.

Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamechristian/ 

Follow Laura Frederick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafredericklaw/ 

😂 Sonny & Cher Song Parody: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/john-lindsey-0bb6a3212_contractsconisamustattendevent-damnrightlauracansing-activity-7063816439538872320-Vwso?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop 

Learn how you can improve your contract drafting and negotiation skills with How to Contract: https://www.howtocontract.com/   

Buy your copy of Laura's bestselling book Practical Tips on How to Contract: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V 

Sign up for How to Contract's free weekly newsletter to get links to each podcast episode, the contract tips Laura posts on LinkedIn, plus special offers and events: https://www.howtocontract.com/newsletter   

Get access to over 70 hours of practical contract training videos, over 400 contract tips and cartoons, and over 80 checklists, guides, and other contract tools: https://www.howtocontract.com/HTC-training-library 

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In this episode of the You Can Contract Show, Laura Frederick chats with Sasha Magee, director, strategic sourcing at Intermountain Healthcare, and adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law.  

Sasha shares her unconventional career choice after graduating from law school. She touches on the importance to combine formal training, hands-on training, constant coaching, feedback loop, and letting people fail to help contract professionals without a lot of contract skills to level up.   

She gives advice to those who are looking for an alternative career in contracts after finishing law school.   

Laura and Sasha also discuss how to deal with imposter syndrome to keep growing as a professional.

OTHER LINKS:  

Follow Sasha Magee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sashamagee/   

Follow Laura Frederick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafredericklaw/ 

Learn how you can improve your contract drafting and negotiation skills with How to Contract: https://www.howtocontract.com/   

Buy your copy of Laura's bestselling book Practical Tips on How to Contract: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V 

Sign up for How to Contract's free weekly newsletter to get links to each podcast episode, the contract tips Laura posts on LinkedIn, plus special offers and events: https://www.howtocontract.com/newsletter   

Get access to over 70 hours of practical contract training videos, over 400 contract tips and cartoons, and over 80 checklists, guides, and other contract tools: https://www.howtocontract.com/HTC-training-library 

Get an email every time a new episode is out: https://www.howtocontract.com/you-can-contract-episodes

In this episode, Laura Frederick chats with Shahed Kader, Managing Attorney at Kader Law. They explore the intersection of sales, law, and the power of continuous learning.   

Shahed shares his quite unconventional journey from selling local newspaper ads door-to-door in 2008 to launching his own tech-enabled law practice ten years later. He discusses his early exposure to contracts in sales and reveals his strategies for becoming proficient in contract drafting and negotiation.  

Shahed talks about the power of curiosity when learning contracts. He also shares specific steps he takes to help his current clients learn about contracts and how to negotiate them.

Follow Shahed Kader on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahedkader/  

Follow Laura Frederick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafredericklaw/ 

Learn how you can improve your contract drafting and negotiation skills with How to Contract: https://www.howtocontract.com/   

Buy your copy of Laura's bestselling book Practical Tips on How to Contract: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V 

Sign up for How to Contract's free weekly newsletter to get links to each podcast episode, the contract tips Laura posts on LinkedIn, plus special offers and events: https://www.howtocontract.com/newsletter   

Get access to over 70 hours of practical contract training videos, over 400 contract tips and cartoons, and over 80 checklists, guides, and other contract tools: https://www.howtocontract.com/HTC-training-library 

Get an email every time a new episode is out: https://www.howtocontract.com/you-can-contract-episodes

In this episode, Laura Frederick interviews Will Drewery, founder and CEO at Diagon, and a former lead for Tesla's supply chain segment for manufacturing equipment.    

Will talks about ways to create synergy between lawyers and supply chain managers to generate better contracts and manage risk more effectively.  

This episode would be great for lawyers who want to learn how to best work with the supply chain on contracts.



Follow Will Drewery on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdrewery/ 

Follow Laura Frederick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafredericklaw/

 Learn how you can improve your contract drafting and negotiation skills with How to Contract: https://www.howtocontract.com/   

Buy your copy of Laura's bestselling book Practical Tips on How to Contract: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V 

Sign up for How to Contract's free weekly newsletter to get links to each podcast episode, the contract tips Laura posts on LinkedIn, plus special offers and events: https://www.howtocontract.com/newsletter   

Get access to over 70 hours of practical contract training videos, over 400 contract tips and cartoons, and over 80 checklists, guides, and other contract tools: https://www.howtocontract.com/HTC-training-library 

Get an email every time a new episode is out: https://www.howtocontract.com/you-can-contract-episodes

Carolyn Elefant is a recognized change-maker in energy and environmental justice law and the legal profession. Over 20 years ago, fresh out of law school, she got a job at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Later she opened her law firm to help her renewable energy clients, co-founded an organization which lobbied for hundreds of millions of dollars in R&D for the renewable energy industry. She also started the award-winning blog, MyShingle.com and wrote Amazon #1 Bestseller Solo by Choice.

In this interview, Carolyn talks about the art of balancing regulatory and commercial approaches to contracting, and shares advice on figuring out what to draft, what to revise, and what to negotiate in contracts. She also gives her tips on working with and educating clients on contracts.

LEARNING RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE  

- Practical Tips on How to Contract by Laura Frederick: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V? 

- Contract Redlining Etiquette by Nada Alnajafi: https://www.amazon.com/Contract-Redlining-Etiquette-leverage-negotiations-ebook/dp/B09PB41Z9C/  

- Tech Contracts Handbook by David Tollen: https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Contracts-Handbook-Agreements-Businesspeople/dp/1634251784   

OTHER LINKS:  

Follow Carolyn Elefant on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynelefant/   

Follow Laura Frederick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafredericklaw/  

Learn how you can improve your contract drafting and negotiation skills with How to Contract: https://www.howtocontract.com/   

Buy your copy of Laura's bestselling book Practical Tips on How to Contract: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V  

Sign up for How to Contract's free weekly newsletter to get links to each podcast episode, the contract tips Laura posts on LinkedIn, plus special offers and events: https://www.howtocontract.com/newsletter   

Get access to over 70 hours of practical contract training videos, over 400 contract tips and cartoons, and over 80 checklists, guides, and other contract tools: https://www.howtocontract.com/HTC-training-library  

Get an email every time a new episode is out: https://www.howtocontract.com/you-can-contract-episodes

In this episode, Laura Frederick interviews Aramide Fields, an Associate General Counsel at a Fortune 500 company, and a former litigation attorney at Morrison Foerster.

"Contracts aren't scary. You can learn this, you can figure it out," says Aramide.

She shares how she went from hating contracts with passion when working in litigation to loving them when working with tech transactions.

Aramide also talks about the importance of knowing the business context and the magic of melding business and legal. She shares tips on negotiating cross-border deals and gives learning advice to new contract lawyers and professionals.

Follow Aramide Fields on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aramide-fields/

Follow Laura Frederick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafredericklaw/

Learn how you can improve your contract drafting and negotiation skills with How to Contract: https://www.howtocontract.com/

Buy your copy of Laura's bestselling book Practical Tips on How to Contract: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Tips-How-Contract-Commercial-ebook/dp/B0BHTLQP3V

Sign up for How to Contract's free weekly newsletter to get links to each podcast episode, the contract tips Laura posts on LinkedIn, plus special offers and events: https://www.howtocontract.com/newsletter

Get access to over 70 hours of practical contract training videos, over 400 contract tips and cartoons, and over 80 checklists, guides, and other contract tools: https://www.howtocontract.com/HTC-training-library

Get an email every time a new episode is out: https://www.howtocontract.com/you-can-contract-episodes